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Vulture Capitalism

How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed
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Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 'If you've ever wondered why you (and everyone you know) feel so out of control of the world around you, this book will give you the answer' ASH SARKAR 'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos... Read More
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Full of explosive examples and eye-opening original research, young thinker Grace Blakeley gives us a fresh look at the problems of our late stage capitalism crisis β€” and gives us the keys to stop it.

Full of explosive examples and eye-opening original research, young thinker Grace Blakeley gives us a fresh look at the problems of our late stage capitalism crisis β€” and gives us the keys to stop it.

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Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction

'If you've ever wondered why you (and everyone you know) feel so out of control of the world around you, this book will give you the answer' ASH SARKAR

'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKIS

Everything you know about capitalism is wrong.

Free markets aren’t really free. Record corporate profits don’t trickle down to everyone else. And we aren’t empowered to make our own choices – they’re made for us every day.

Taking on the world’s most powerful figures and corporations – from JP Morgan to Boeing, Jeff Bezos to Donald Trump – Vulture Capitalism uncovers the causes of our modern crisis to reveal the true motives of our capitalist system. Because it isn’t broken: it’s working exactly as planned.

This is the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you – and what you can do to change it.

'Read this book if you want to make fundamental changes to the world' HA-JOON CHANG

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526638069

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 291g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune magazine and author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation and The Corona Crash. She previously worked as a research fellow for the Institute for Public Policy Research and as the New Statesman’s economic commentator. She appears regularly in the media as a political and economic commentator, including appearances on Question Time, BBC This Week and BBC Breakfast.

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